Grocery owner developing a true community center

1:36 AM,
May 16, 2014

J.R. Stoneburner stands in the recently renovated second floor of Stoneburner's Grocery in Sugar Grove. Stoneburner says the new space will give customers more room to eat in the store and be used as a community meeting area.

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Coming up on his three-year anniversary of switching from decades of corporate work to owning a small business, Stoneburner's Grocery owner J.R. Stoneburner is making some changes.

While the store remains a staple of Sugar Grove, as it has for more than 80 years, Stoneburner hopes to provide more services, including an expanded dining area and more adult beverage options.

Stoneburner walked up the store's stairs to the second floor Tuesday and said that, by the end of May, the store will provide tables for dine-in pizza customers and anyone else who wants a community gathering place. ...